Frankly, I don’t see why anyone needs to go to school – you can learn a lot just from real estate listings. For example, did you know that there’s a Little Portugal in San Jose? I certainly didn’t. Heck there’s even a North and South!

And also, who knew that you could have a farm house right next to 101? How quaint! How convenient!

Let’s go look at some of the photos:

Vintage indeed! Look the appliances! Look at the car! Too bad the car doesn’t come with the house, that’d be a real bonus!

But more importantly, this house is now pending, which goes to show just how HOT HOT HOT the market is. Don’t you wish you had purchased this house?

December 7, 2009

Beds: 2
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 760
$/Sq. Ft.: $658
Lot Size: 2,500 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Stories: 1
View: Neighborhood
Year Built: 1962
Community: San Antonio
County: Santa Clara
MLS#: 80945064
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active This listing is for sale and the sellers are accepting offers.
On Redfin: 57 days
NOT A SHORT SALE OR REO. LOCATED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MANY NEWER HOMES. AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST MOVE IN FOR NOW AND APPLY YOUR CREATIVE SKILLS LATER FOR VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES TO REMODEL OR REBUILD INTO A NEW 2-STORY HOME. LOTS OF INTERIOR UPGRADES INCLUDING LAMINATE FLOOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, REMODELED KITCHEN AND BATH. AS-IS SALE. Open House on Sunday, Oct. 25th at 2-5pm.

Wow. What an amazing deal! A house for the same price as a condo! Really, if you can’t afford this house, you can’t afford anything.

Just check out the location:

There’s going to be very very little traffic going donw that street, so it’ll be incredibly private. And look! Your neighbor appears to collect historic cars – can you say culture?

Your best bet probably is buy this house, and build a new two story house on the lot, much like the neighbors down the street did.

Sure that’ll effectively double the cost of this house that you’re buying… but guess what! You live on College Ave. Nothing will help your children get into a great school like living on a street called College Ave. It’ll be like a constant reminder that they need to study for the SAT’s!

Of course this probably means you’ll never be able to park your car anywhere… but, hey, revenue trumps everything.

There’s a few other things I love about this listing:

1. The smiley face. It tells you Gen-Y/millennials that the Realtor gets you. He speaks your language. LOL OMG!

2. The yellow and blue house next door. Wow. How awesome would to live next door to that. If you’re a Cal fan you can say it is Bear pride. If you’re a Farm fan, then you can… uh… say that you don’t live in that house. Either way you win!

Contractor’s special.
Perfect for investor or first time home buyer .
Needs a little TLC.

Heh.

Personally, I when I saw this house, I thought… “Who lives here? Saddam Hussein? Saddam Hussein of Milpitas?”

Let’s face it, all the time people are looking for the unique house… Just think, you could live like a dictator… in Milpitas! Just think of all the weapons of mass destruction you can pretend to own and hide in the house. And remember, this is not a short sale and not an REO.

Personally, the first thing I’d do with this house is replace the carousel style morning room with an actual carousel. How awesome would that be? There’d be a line of people waiting to check it out. And you know what that kind of scarcity means – that’s right! Cha-ching!

So go buy this house. Heck, don’t even finish it all at once. Keep at it. Eventually, this could be called the Gaudi of Milpitas!

October 26, 2009

Beds: 5
Baths: 3.5
Sq. Ft.: 2,989
$/Sq. Ft.: $383
Lot Size: 3,484 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Traditional
Stories: 2
View: Neighborhood
Year Built: 2003
Community: Santa Clara
County: Santa Clara
MLS#: 80942064
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active
On Redfin: 48 days
Regular Sale; NOT REO; NOT Short Sale either! LAST CALL. .. if you would EVER consider making a move to own this beautiful single family home in the best Rivermark location! (FYI—we countered 5 written offers & in addition, rejected at least 6 other verbal offers prior to the written ones. )

Thanks to Burbed reader Jenny for this find.

My oh my. What a peculiar find.

For the past few years, Bay Area real estate ads have been missing the chutzpah, the bravado, the essence, the soul that it used to have. Whatever happened to the good old days when Sellers could require Buyers to sign contracts saying they would feed the neighborhood squirrels… or to undergo a background check to ensure they have the right character to own your condo… or to have the buyer’s children paint them a picture.

Well… if this house is a sign of the times, then good times are coming back.

Let’s face it… nothing drives buyers more crazy than being told they can’t have something – and that’s what this house is doing. It’s a big ol’ F you to the buyer. And the buyer will want it even more.

October 16, 2009

Beds: 2
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 1,200
$/Sq. Ft.: $300
Lot Size: 8,276 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Stories: 2
Year Built: 1973
Community: Lompico-Zayante
County: Santa Cruz
MLS#: 80946083
Source: MLSListings
Status: Active
On Redfin: 10 days
What a doll!!!Don’t miss this adorable home recently remodeled from top to bottom. Private, sunny and peaceful neighborhood and not a short sale or bank owned. Only 10 minutes to Felton, 40 minutes to Silicon Valley. A very clean house with stylish accents including stainless steel appliances, engineered maple flooring, great paint colors, all new light fixtures, updated bathroom. This is a good one!

Thanks to Burbed reader Scott for this find.

What a doll indeed! You can totally imagine someone in Atherton buying this for their little princess (or prince, no need to reinforce gender stereotypes!) How jealous will their friends be. “OMG! UR DAD BOUGHT U WOT????”

It’s never too early to start your children on the path of having pride of ownership, and it may make sense to start with this house. At 1,200 square feet, keeping it clean shouldn’t be hard for their housekeepers… it’s definitely a good starter.

And… it’s just 10 minutes to Felton (where?)

Just in case you were wondering, this is a good one – unlike all the other ones that are bad ones!

Description: Charming San Mateo Home! Low maintenance backyard, 3 full bedrooms. Title shows as 1 bath, property is currently has 1.5 baths (permits unknown). Tile kitchen counters and shower enclosure. Must see! Not a Short Sale!

Apple pie, lawns, debt, and baseball – America. And this house further realizes the American Dream by having a striped lawn.

That’s right – no longer do you have to lust after the fields at NameOfTheDay Park, you can have it right at home. Sure a full game of baseball might be hard since your lot is just 4,280 square feet – but maybe you can play half court baseball. Uh. Or something like that.

I was going to say “Go ahead and buy your slice of the American Dream today” – but it looks like someone has beat you already.

Well, actually the 1991 sales price is important. As we all know. real estate doubles every 10 years. So… by 2011 (2 years from now) it should be worth $1.432M. That makes sense. Highlighting the $1.234M (what a funny number) today indicates just how much instant equity there is available for you to unleash. And, that it is on track to reach that magically doubling number – if it weren’t for the pesky economic woes we have right now.

So get on the right track and buy this very green, very airy house today!

Desirable location in Fremont close to BART. Backyard w/ deck, quiet neighborhood, wide driveway, renovated Kitchen w/ Stainless Steell appliances. Must see to appreciate!THIS IS NOT A SHORT SALE OR REO. .. Original owner.

Burbed reader CB thought this was an important find. Here’s what CB had to say:

It’s listed at 140K above it’s zestimate and and you’ll have to pay about 100 more per sq ft for the 94536 to live in this one. But who knows. The house is fit for the Mona Lisa, it may be fit for someone as special as me!

The cat guarding the “original owner’s” valued Betty Boop collection is also a nice touch. 50x scale posters of drinks is always a plus. This listing makes a good argument for keeping the camera on the curb.

Indeed, the ZEstimate is just $524,500. But as we know, ZEstimates tend to undervalue Bay Area (even non-RBA) properties because they don’t have a model to account for specialness.

That said, let’s take a look at the interior!

Yep. That’s the Mona Lisa alright. And check out the Roman-esque bust! And the Christmas tree! Wow. What a cornucopia of Classic Art. Stunning!

And to complete the museum, lots of modern art.

Frankly, if they’re not charging admission to go see this house, they are truly missing out!

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